New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27

himself with becoming faintly phosphorsccnt and
vanished with deep churchyord Sronn V'st us
the twins come UP To him.
On reaching his room he entirely broke down
and became a prey ~ the most violent agitation
The vul arity of the twins and the gross material
ism Of Mrs. Otis were naturally eXtremoiy "hit'S
Ing, but what really distressed him most WAS that
he had been unable 10 wear the suit OF mail. ne
had hoped that even modern Americans would DC
thrilled by the sight Of Spectre in Armor. II Tor
no more sensible reason at least out Of respect Tor
their National poet, LonCfcow. over whose grace
full and simple poetry he himself had whilcd away
many weary hour when the Cantcr'lics were
up IN town Besides ID was hts own SUIT. fic
had wrrn It with great success mt the hcinworu'
tournament and had been hi-hy complimcnted
on IT by no less q person than the Nlr tu queen
herself Yet when he ind put IL on he had bccn
COMPLETELY yvcrrowcrd by the weight OF Tie ''i"e
tlcdst Iatc and steel casqc, and mad ialh II heaV
ily OIL the stone IN, cmcnt barking both lbs klr"S
severely and bIuisnG the knucldes OF Ills flsht
hand -.
For some days after this he was extremely III
and hardly st red out of bis room at all except
TO keep the blnOd-stain in proper repair How.
ever, by taking great care of himself he fccoeereo
and resolved to make q third attempt u frl%btcn
the United States Minister and his family. He
selected Friday August H. for his appearance ana
srcnt most of that day in To- king over his ward
robe ut imatcly deciding in favor or larFc
slouchcd hat with n red feather, windin '-sucel
frllcd at the wrists and neck and rusty dagger
Toward evening IL violent storm OF ram came "p
anil thc wind was so high that all thc windows
and doors in the old house sho k and ratticd. III
fa It il was iist such weather as nc nNcu. ''S
MAN of action was this. He was TO max" ms way
quietly 10 Washington Ots's roorl. glbbcr ut nm
from the foot OF the bed and stab h'mSei' ,hi,e
,;mcs in the throat 10 the sound Of low music I've
bore Washin.ton n special grudGc pclnG quioc
aware that it WIS he who was In thc h"p'v Vi ~
moving the famous CantcrVlnc bioou-sV,,n ~
c.cnns Of l1nlclton PARAGON detergent nav"
reduced the reckless and foolhaidy youth 10 con
dy ion Of abicct terror he was to proceed 10 "''
roor, occnnicd by the United States Minister ana
his wife and there to rla'c chnny i""u VIZ
Mrs Ous's forehead While lac Kissed INTO ici
trembling husbands ear the awful secrets ol INC
charnrl house. With regard 10 lltlc NirII"d hc
had not quite made up his mind. She had never
insultcI h:ni IN any way and was pretty ana sen
tie A few hollow gloans fIom the Walurooc
he thourht would be more than suhci"ht or u
that failed TO wake her Inc might grnoble AT the
cOuntCrpane with pal>y-twitchinS fingers. AS lo'
the twins he was quite determined To tca'h 'hein
a lesson The first thing to be done was, "l
course TO SIT upon their chests so as TO produce
the sitting sensation of nightmare men, ~ th'y
occurred the same bed. to hc between Them I'D
the form Of green. icy-cold corpse TIL o'cS
became rarayzcd with fear. and finally TO throw
of the windIng-sEcct and crawl about tho room
with white blcachcd bones AMI one rolling ey"bhil
lin the character Of dumb Daniel. or the Suncmc
skeleton. a role III which he had on more Than
ono occasion produced n great effect. and which
lie considered quite equal TO his famous part OF
Martin the Maniac or the Masked Mystery
At half past 10 he heard Tie family gong 10
he'd For some time he Was disturbed by wild
slrie;s Of laughter from the twins, who. with the
lghthcartcd gaycty Of schoolboys were cNldch'S
amusing themselves before they rebiied TO resi-
but ut a q arter past II al was sun ana Us
midnight sounded he sailed forth. The owl beat
t, fl. -te 90
from the Old ycw tree and the wind wondered
moaning round the house hike lost Nohl but TIC
Otis family slept unconscious OF their doom. ana
hi.h ahoye tic rain and storm he could hear the
steady snoring Of the Minister for the United
States lie stepped stcaltmy out Of the wanN
corirc with an evil smile on his cruel. wrnklod
mouth. and the moon hid her lace IN cloud
rs he stole past the great oricl window, where ms
own arms and those pf hS murdered WI" were
bla/oIcd in azure AMI gold On snl on lie rhdcd
like an cvl shadow, the very darkness sccmin' 10
Loaf he him rs lac Passed. Once hc th1d'ht he
heard something call and stopped but II WIS only
the baying Of a dog from the Red Farm. and he
went on. muttcring stranFc sixteenth century
curses and over and anon brimlishn- lhc ristN
dagger in the mlnGht air. Firally lac reached
The corner Of tie PASSAGE that lrd 10 lu' KlcNS
Wasbinpton's n ON For moment he paused
there the wind blowing his long "ray locks about
his head. and twisting into grotr~lue ana I"niAN
tic folds the namclcss honor Of the dead mahs
Stroud. Then the clock struck the quarter ana
he felt the time was come. lie chicklcd To hfn
self and turned the corner but no sooner nal ne
done So than. with rtccus wall Of anguish. he
fell bal, and hid his banrhcl face in his long
b,ny hands Rqht IN front Of Ism was standing
n horrible spotIc motionlcss rs u catNcn H'|'
and moust rous malmnns dream It's hca1
was bald and FURNISHED; Ms face round fit ana
white and hlcouS iau-ntcr seemed 10 nave
wlllled ITS features into an eternal GIN. From
the eyes sticamcd RAYS OF scarlet lcht the mouth
was a wide well Of fire, and hidcous garment
Ike TO his own. swathcd with ITS silent SHOWS the
Titan form. On its breast was placard with
,trln.c writing in antique chdrartcrs, some sciCi!
Of shame IL seemed some rcoId of wild sins. some
awful calendar Of crime and with It's right hand
1t bore aoit falchoa of cleaning steel
Never having seen ghost before he naturally
was terribly frightened. and after second hasty
glance at tic awful pl anton he fed back 10 ms
room, tripping up in his long windln:-shcct as hc
sped down the corridor and finally dropping the
rusty dagger into tho Minister'S jack boots. where
it was found IN the mOrmns by the butler once
in the privacy Of hs own apartment lie flung
himself down small pallct.bed ard hid his
face under tho clothes. After n time however
the brave old autcr lie spnit asserted itself and
he determined 10 20 and speak 10 the other ghost
as soon as it was daylight. Accordingly. mst rs
the dawn was touching the hillS with silver he
returned toward the sfot where lac had first laid
eyes the grisy phantom. feeling that after all
two ghosts were better than one and that by the
aid Of his new friend hc might safely prapplc
with the twins On turning the corner however
terrible sight met his gaze Something had
evidently happened to the spectre for the li.bt had
entirely faded from his hollow eyes. the cleaning
falchion had fallen from lis hand and il was lean
in, up against the wall In n strained and uncom
Portable attitude. He rushed forward and seized
1t in his arms when TO his horror the head Slipped
of and rolled on the floor. the body assumed =
rccumbent posture. and he found himself clasuinp
n white dimity bed-cIntain. with sweeping brush
n kitchen cleavcr and hollow turnip wing at his
feet! Unable 10 understand this curious trans
formation he clutchcd the placard with fevcrisb
haste and there, IN the gray moralng light. he
read these fearful words